ANOTHER milestone for another great student – we wish congratulations to Carlos on his first solo quite recently. Carlos has been Ivan’s student all the way from when he started back in June, and his solo was on his twelfth lesson, and eighteenth flight, when he took to the skies alone, for the first time…. Read more »
The third happy flight yesterday was for Ivan’s student Allyson …
Second good news of the day yesterday was …
Yesterday we celebrated two first solo flights and a flight test pass.
THIS weekend saw another of Ivan’s students make her very first solo flight. A big congratulations goes to Claire S who flew a fantastic circuit. Looking at the video she didn’t look nervous at all and the landing was really good. Claire now goes on to work on more solo flights including some touch-and-gos, adding… Read more »
Another late announcement here, but definitely one to be proud of is the first solo of another Student last month – Val. Val has been learning with Ivan and flew his first solo circuit on his fourteenth lesson. He had 18 hours of flight time when he took off as the sole occupant of the… Read more »
Better late than never, I’m happy to report another student reaching that important milestone of their first solo flight. Karim has been learning with Ivan as his instructor and I’m happy to be able to report that he flew his first solo circuit at about the twenty hour mark and on his sixteenth lesson. Looking… Read more »
Congratulations to my student Chan, who last week passed his PPL flight test. The examiner told me afterwards it was one of the best test scores he’s ever seen, which is quite a complement to Chan’s flying. Chan needs a little more instrument flight experience and to pass his PPAER written exam – then I… Read more »
Today was a happy day for my student Matt who successfully completed his first solo flight today. The weather has been quite poor for the last while, and we hadn’t flown for three weeks – which can be quite a long break for some students. But Matt quickly blew off the dust from the standard… Read more »
Big congrats to my student Aykhan who did his first solo yesterday. We flew a handful of dual circuits first, and a simulated forced approach – then I got out and he took FLYO around the circuit once. Watching from the ground it all looked great. Aykhan mentioned to me that he noticed the airspeed… Read more »